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TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:4

Be it known that I, JOHN I. BARINGER, of Germantown, Columbia county,State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in-Smoke-Furnace; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, yreference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of vthis specication, in which-Figure I is a vertical central section of my improved smoke-furnacetaken through the line .fr x, iig. 2.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same, the outer or top cover being turnedback.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved smoke-furnace forsmokingv meut, fish, lite., by the use of which all danger from tire maybe avoided. And it consists, first, of a smoke-furnace formed in twoparts, constructed and combined as hereinafter described; second,of afire pan constructed as described in combination with the smoke-furnace;and third, in the combination of one or 'more covers with the,furnace,as hereinafter more fully described. l l

A is the lower part of the furnace which rests upon feet B, as showniniig. 1. In the front side of this part is made an opening forsupplying a draught to the furnace. This opening is covered with aslide-C, by which it `'may be closed wholly or in part and the draughtregulated as desired. D is the upper part of the furnace, which fitsu'pon the upper edge of the lower part A, and gradually decreases insize toward the top and terminates in a throat ci, as shown in fig. 1.The part D is hinged at one side to the part A', as shown at E, fig. 1;and the parts are held together by a spring-catch F attached to thefrontside of the part A, and catching upon the projecting edge of thepart D. To one side of the upper edge of the throat d are pivoted one orboth of the covers and H. The cover Gis perforated with numerous smallholes for the escape of the smoke; but the cover H is not perforated,and when closed wholly prevents the escape of the smoke. I isabailattached to the sides of the part D, by which the furnace may be liftedand carried from place to place. J is the fire pan, which is made in theform of an invert-ed cone, and is supported upon legs K, resting uponthe bottom a of the lower part, A, of the furnace. The-lower part ofthis fire pan is perforated with draught holes, as shown in iig. 1. Tothe upper sides of the pan J are attached rings, one o f which is shownat L, lig. 1, for convenience in removing and replacing the fire pan Jin the furnace. In using the furnace the tire to'produce the smoke isstarted in the fire pan and the slide O regulated so as to give tothetire such a draught as will lfeep it smoking, but will not kindle itinto a blaze. The smoke-furnace is then placed in the smoke-house inwhich the fish or meat to be smoked is hung. The door of the smoke-houseis then closed and left with perfect safety, as it is impossible-forfire to be communicated to the smoke-house from the furnace, and equallyimpossible, if the draught has been properly regulated, for the fire tobecome so strong as to burn theA articles being smoked.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The fire panJ, constructed as described, in combination with the smoke-furnace A D,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the covers H G, one or both, with the furnace A D,substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. l

' JOHN I. BARINGER.4

Witnesses:

ROYAL DIMMICK, WM.'H. DEWITT.

